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Introduction

The President of the Office of Electronic
Communications (President of UKE) is the national regulatory
authority for the market of telecommunications and postal services. The
President of UKE is also the specialised authority in the area of
equipment conformity assessment, including telecommunications terminal
equipment and radio equipment.

The duties of the
President of the Office of Electronic Communications have been set out
in:

Act on obligations relating to information on energy consumption by energy-using products,

Act on supporting the development of services and telecommunications networks (Mega-law),

Act on the launch of digital terrestrial television.gnetic
compatibility.

The
specific duties of the President of UKE include, inter
alia:

the performance of tasks related to
the regulation and supervision of telecommunications services’ markets,
spectrum management, orbital and numbering resources, as well as the
enforcement of compliance with electromagnetic compatibility
requirements;

intervening in matters related to the
functioning of the market for telecommunications and postal services,
the equipment market and the settlement of disputes between
telecommunications undertakings;

co-operation with
domestic and international telecommunications and postal organisations,
other competent national authorities, the European Commission and
Community institutions, as well as other
NRAs;

The
President of UKE performs his duties through the Office of
Electronic Communications. UKE is comprised of its Warsaw
Headquarters and 16 regional offices, whose
territorial jurisdiction extends to the territories of Poland's
voivodships. Under a separate authority, the directors of the regional
offices are able to make administrative inspections and carry out
inspection duties on behalf of the President of the Office of Electronic
Communications. All the regional offices are equipped with fixed and
mobile stations for radio measurements, fitted with antenna systems and
measuring instruments and used specialised IT equipment to carry out
these tasks.

There are also three examination
commissions for radio equipment operators: in the amateur
radio service, aeronautical radio service and maritime & inland
radio service.

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The President of the Office of Electronic
Communications (President of UKE) is the national regulatory
authority for the market of telecommunications and postal services. The
President of UKE is also the specialised authority in the area of
equipment conformity assessment, including telecommunications terminal
equipment and radio equipment.

Here you can find information about the most import ant international events, significant for the development of telecommunications and postal markets In Poland and for the statutory activity of the Office of Electronic Communications.International activity of the President of UKE consists of, inter alia, cooperation with the European Commission, other EU institutions and Regulatory Authorities of EU Member State. It includes also the cooperation within organizations of which UKE is a member, i.e. the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the Body for European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the European Committee for Postal Regulation (CERP).